JUNE 28, 1942 Joyce and Dorie Ladner discuss their roles in the civil rights movement. Credit: Library of Congress Dorie Ladner was born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi....
Teresa Springs looks at the area where the Southern Agrarian Training Center will be built on TKO Farming’s land in McCool, Miss., Monday, May 1, 2023....
Rankin County deputies accused of beating and torturing two men earlier this year have been fired, Sheriff Bryan Bailey announced Tuesday. “We understand that the alleged...
Hospital CEOs are leaving at increasingly higher rates in Mississippi since the pandemic. The state’s hospital CEO turnover rate was 17% in 2021, according to the...
Dear Reader, Mississippi, our home state that showcases plenty to be proud of and celebrate, also faces some pretty dire and complex problems. Federal and state...
The Mississippi Department of Education says its hands are tied when it comes to the $100 million in additional funding allocated to school districts this year...
After Mississippi Today published an emailed tirade by state Democratic Party Chairman Tyree Irving that some fear could jeopardize $250,000 in funding for the state party,...
JUNE 27, 1991 Portrait of Thurgood Marshall Credit: Artist Betsy Graves Reyneau, which hangs in the National Gallery Portrait Thurgood Marshall, the first Black justice on...
Mississippi will receive $1.2 billion in federal money to expand high-speed internet, President Joe Biden announced Monday. The state’s share of the money — part of...
The Mississippi Association of Educators endorsed Democrat Brandon Presley for governor on Monday over incumbent Republican Gov. Tate Reeves. The election between Reeves and Presley, the...